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Your AI Model Isn’t Broken. Your Data Is
By @melissaindia [ 7 Min read ] Your AI model isn’t failing; your data is. Learn how clean, verified data improves model accuracy and how easy it is to fix with APIs. Read More.
The Hidden Problem With Group Rewards in Multi-Agent AI
By @praveenmyakala [ 3 Min read ] Group rewards are breaking your multi-agent RL training. Decoupled normalization keeps coordination intact while stopping gradient collapse. Read More.
I Just Wanted Code Templates, but I Ended Up Writing a WebStorm Plugin
By @socialdiscoverygroup [ 10 Min read ] Discover how a developer transformed monorepo boilerplate frustration into a custom WebStorm plugin. Read More.
Cache vs. Database: Comparing Memcached and ScyllaDB
By @scylladb [ 11 Min read ] A deep benchmark-driven comparison of ScyllaDB and Memcached, revealing when a database can rival a cache in performance. Read More.
Building a Private AI Research Assistant with Llama
By @praveenmyakala [ 2 Min read ] Learn how to build a private AI research assistant using Llama 3.2 and PydanticAI with this hands-on guide. Read More.
MongoDB vs ScyllaDB: Architecture Comparison
By @scylladb [ 10 Min read ] A deep architectural comparison of MongoDB and ScyllaDB, revealing why their designs lead to very different performance and scalability. Read More.
MEXC Achieves 20X Growth in GOLD Futures, Captures Up to 47% Market Share with Zero-Fee Strategy
By @mexcmedia [ 2 Min read ] MEXC’s zero-fee strategy drove 20X growth in gold futures, capturing up to 47% market share and $555M in daily volume. Read More.
Architecting Trustworthy Healthcare Data Platforms Using Declarative Pipelines
By @hacker95231466 [ 6 Min read ] In Digital Healthcare data platforms, data quality is no longer a nice-to-have — it is a hard requirement. Read More.
Meet Beldex: HackerNoon Company of the Week
By @companyoftheweek [ 2 Min read ] This week, HackerNoon spotlights Beldex—a privacy-first blockchain ecosystem enabling anonymous transactions, encrypted messaging, and decentralized networking. Read More.
AI Doesn’t Mean the End of Work for Us
By @bernard [ 4 Min read ] I believe that AI’s impact and future pathways are overstated because human nature is ignored in such statements. Read More.
MEXC 2025 Report: Zero-Fee Strategy Delivers $1.1B in User Savings, Capturing Leading Market Share
By @mexcmedia [ 2 Min read ] MEXC’s 2025 report reveals how zero-fee trading saved users $1.1B, drove liquidity, and captured leading crypto market share. Read More.
Why Data Quality Is Becoming a Core Developer Experience Metric
By @melissaindia [ 4 Min read ] Bad data secretly slows development. Learn why data quality APIs are becoming core DX infrastructure in API-first systems and how they accelerate teams. Read More.
Convert Your Slack Threads Into Code with AI: Meet Kilo for Slack
By @kilocode [ 9 Min read ] Kilo for Slack brings AI coding agents into your team's conversations. Tag @Kilo in a Slack thread to ask questions about your codebase or ship PRs directly. Read More.
What I've learned building an agent for Renovate config (as a cautious skeptic of AI)
By @mend [ 9 Min read ] As an opportunity to "kick the tyres" of what agents are and how they work, I set aside a couple of hours to see build one - and it blew me away. Read More.
Riak as a Reference Implementation of Dynamo-Style Leaderless Databases
By @theirix [ 15 Min read ] A retrospective of Riak database, covering its Dynamo design, Erlang implementation, consistency options, MapReduce support, and Bitcask storage engine. Read More.
Senior Engineers Are Becoming Failure Designers
By @davidiyanu [ 6 Min read ] That's the mark of a modern senior engineer: not just writing code that works when everything goes right, but designing resilience into every line Read More.
Claude Code Launches Teleport Workflow: Start Anywhere, Continue Everywhere
By @proflead [ 4 Min read ] Read More.
The Crypto Sellout
By @rayyoussef [ 4 Min read ] From Jamie Dimon’s “fraud” comment to JPMorgan’s Bitcoin ETF stake, crypto has gone mainstream — but at what cost? A deep dive into institutional adoption, Read More.
SnapPoint: A Hard Reset for Your Dev Machine
By @alexcloudstar [ 5 Min read ] SnapPoint helps developers audit, clean, and realign their system by finding ghost binaries, PATH conflicts, and leftover tool junk. Read More.
Being Likable Is the Fastest Way to Be Forgotten
By @prasadinchara [ 4 Min read ] Why likability fades while memorability lasts—and how risk, ego, and craft shape the statements people actually remember. Read More. 🧑💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it. See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️